Letter: Poor, rich Bernie

Thursday

Apr 18, 2019 at 4:36 PMApr 18, 2019 at 4:36 PM

Bad news and a sad day for Bernie Sanders. In addition to the three houses that he owns, he just joined fellow socialist Elizabeth Warren among the ranks of millionaires. These hypocrites accrued all their wealth while criticizing a society and economic system that allowed more people to become safe, successful and prosperous than ever before in the history of our planet. Even our poorest in this Capitalist society drive cars, own smartphones, and have air conditioning.

Where do you think this money is, in a shoe box under their beds? No, they have it invested in mutual funds and corporate bonds, amongst other investments. Probably most, if not all of their investments own stocks and bonds in large corporations, which pay their evil CEOs millions of dollars a year, and also turn a profit which they share with their stockholders and mutual fund holders. There are most likely stocks in some oil companies in their funds, which are contributing to putting more carbon in the atmosphere, and we all know what Bernie and Liz think about that. Their funds probably own stocks in Walmart and Amazon, who are starving their workers through low wages; these two socialists tell us that every day through their media agents, the anchors at CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC.

Don't hold your breath waiting for Bernie and Liz to divest all their holdings and spread their cash to those less wealthy like they want the rest of us to do. They may be liberals and hypocrites, but they aren't stupid. They like the comfort and security that private wealth brings to them, no matter how much they rant against it.

Just sayin'.

William J. Papa, Pocono Pines

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